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1933 Life in the Lesu The Study of a Melanesian Society in New Ireland
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Description
First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
A scarce first edition of the work.
In the publisher's original cloth.
With a foreword by Dr. Clark Wissler from the American Museum of Natural Science.
With a frontispiece, 24 monochrome photographs over 6 plates and 2 folding plates shows plans of the village and genealogy and kinship. Collated complete.
This work is written by American anthropologist Hortense Powdermaker. Powdermaker is best known for her ethnographic studies of African Americans in rural American and Hollywood and completed her PHD on "leadership in primitive society" in 1928. This work describes the life of the people from a Melanesian society in New Ireland. For this work, Powdermaker lived for ten and a half months in Lesu, closely observing the culture, relationships and customs of the people there.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally very smart with fading to the spine, very light rubbing to the front board, bumping to the extremities and the odd mark, heavier to the spine. Light offsetting to the rear end papers with pencil annotations. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light scattered spotting heavier to the front and rear.
Very Good Indeed
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